Police Investigate Armed Robbery in Hartford

HARTFORD — Police are looking for three masked robbers who robbed a Broad Street grocery store at gunpoint Thursday night.

The suspects are between 18 and 21 years of age. They are each about 5-foot-8, 180 to 200 pounds.

The suspects entered the Family Beltre Grocery Store at 955 Broad St. with firearms about 11:06 p.m. One went behind the counter, pointed a gun at the employee's head and demanded he open the cash register, police said.

The employee complied and the suspect grabbed a substantial amount of money from the drawer, police said. A customer entered the store and was immediately robbed by the suspects, police said.

They fled on foot, heading south on Broad Street. The Hartford police Major Crimes Division is investigating.